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George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four: Anniversary Edition (Penguin Modern Classics) [2009] paperback ZBUSI Frayn handles his observations andFirst published in 1949, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four has lost none of the impact with which it first hit readers. Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police